Public Sector Job Trends in Hampshire

Public Sector
South East > Hampshire

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in permanent job vacancies in Hampshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 77 75
Rank change year-on-year +2 -2 +38
Permanent jobs citing Public Sector 53 89 51
As % of all permanent jobs in Hampshire 2.13% 3.26% 2.85%
As % of the General category 4.47% 6.05% 4.57%
Number of salaries quoted 21 23 27
10th Percentile £45,000 £38,100 -
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year - +60.00% -21.05%
75th Percentile £86,000 £75,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £66,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £48,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +35.42% -16.52%

All General Skills
Hampshire

Public Sector falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring general skills in Hampshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for general skills 1,186 1,472 1,115
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Hampshire 47.69% 53.88% 62.22%
Number of salaries quoted 766 752 633
10th Percentile £26,733 £30,050 £27,500
25th Percentile £31,000 £42,500 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £82,500
South East median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -9.09%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Public Sector relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Public Sector job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Public Sector
Salary Trend in Hampshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Public Sector.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Salary Histogram in Hampshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Public Sector in Hampshire over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Public Sector in Hampshire

Public Sector
Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Public Sector within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 2 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Fareham - 7 £57,500 - 1
Southampton +16 6 £45,000 +24.14% 4
Farnborough +4 6 £87,500 +25.00% 3
Winchester -3 6 £70,000 -
Basingstoke +9 5 £56,250 -
Portsmouth -3 5 - - 2
Romsey +24 1 £26,150 -70.94%
Public Sector
South East

Public Sector
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.89%) ArcGIS
1 1 (1.89%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.89%) Acrobat
1 1 (1.89%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (1.89%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (1.89%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (13.21%) Azure
2 5 (9.43%) AWS
3 1 (1.89%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 5 (9.43%) Firewall
2 3 (5.66%) BGP
2 3 (5.66%) Cisco ASA
3 2 (3.77%) DMZ
3 2 (3.77%) Network Security
4 1 (1.89%) ATM
4 1 (1.89%) Cisco Firepower
4 1 (1.89%) EIGRP
4 1 (1.89%) Frame Relay
4 1 (1.89%) HSRP
4 1 (1.89%) IPsec
4 1 (1.89%) LAN
4 1 (1.89%) MPLS
4 1 (1.89%) OSPF
4 1 (1.89%) SAN
4 1 (1.89%) SNMP
4 1 (1.89%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.89%) VoIP
4 1 (1.89%) WAN
4 1 (1.89%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.89%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 1 (1.89%) JIRA
General
1 16 (30.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 8 (15.09%) Social Skills
3 6 (11.32%) Retail
4 4 (7.55%) Banking
4 4 (7.55%) Marketing
4 4 (7.55%) Telecoms
5 2 (3.77%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (3.77%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.89%) Digital Economy
6 1 (1.89%) Finance
6 1 (1.89%) Legal
6 1 (1.89%) Military
6 1 (1.89%) Multimedia
6 1 (1.89%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (33.96%) Senior
2 16 (30.19%) Senior Manager
3 9 (16.98%) Consultant
4 8 (15.09%) Security Consultant
5 6 (11.32%) Cybersecurity Consultant
6 5 (9.43%) Business Development Executive
7 3 (5.66%) Network Engineer
8 2 (3.77%) Applications Manager
8 2 (3.77%) C# Developer
8 2 (3.77%) Contracts Manager
8 2 (3.77%) Developer
8 2 (3.77%) DevOps Engineer
8 2 (3.77%) IT Manager
8 2 (3.77%) Lead
8 2 (3.77%) Managing Consultant
8 2 (3.77%) Search Manager
8 2 (3.77%) SEO Manager
9 1 (1.89%) Cloud Engineer
9 1 (1.89%) Commercial Contracts Manager
9 1 (1.89%) Senior Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.89%) .NET
1 1 (1.89%) ASP.NET
1 1 (1.89%) HEVC
1 1 (1.89%) Middleware
1 1 (1.89%) ModSecurity
1 1 (1.89%) SAP Fiori
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.55%) Cloud Native
1 4 (7.55%) Security Posture
2 3 (5.66%) Blog
2 3 (5.66%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.77%) Cloud Security Posture
3 2 (3.77%) Cyber Kill Chain
3 2 (3.77%) PKI
4 1 (1.89%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.89%) EPoS
4 1 (1.89%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.89%) Mobile Computing
4 1 (1.89%) Private Cloud
4 1 (1.89%) Smartphone
4 1 (1.89%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.66%) Windows
2 2 (3.77%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.89%) Android
3 1 (1.89%) Linux
3 1 (1.89%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (26.42%) Cybersecurity
2 7 (13.21%) Business Development
3 6 (11.32%) Agile
4 5 (9.43%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (9.43%) Zero Trust
5 4 (7.55%) Business Intelligence
5 4 (7.55%) Data Management
5 4 (7.55%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (7.55%) Workshop Facilitation
6 3 (5.66%) Cryptography
6 3 (5.66%) DevOps
6 3 (5.66%) Risk Management
6 3 (5.66%) Security Architecture
7 2 (3.77%) DevSecOps
7 2 (3.77%) Infrastructure as Code
7 2 (3.77%) Key Management
7 2 (3.77%) Presales
7 2 (3.77%) RBAC
7 2 (3.77%) SDLC
7 2 (3.77%) Threat Modelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.77%) C#
Qualifications
1 14 (26.42%) Security Cleared
2 11 (20.75%) DV Cleared
3 5 (9.43%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.77%) CCNA
4 2 (3.77%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (3.77%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.89%) A+ Certification
5 1 (1.89%) ACCA
5 1 (1.89%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (1.89%) CCIE
5 1 (1.89%) CCNP
5 1 (1.89%) CIMA
5 1 (1.89%) CISA
5 1 (1.89%) CISM
5 1 (1.89%) CISSP
5 1 (1.89%) Degree
5 1 (1.89%) MCSE
5 1 (1.89%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.89%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.89%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.32%) GRC
2 4 (7.55%) JSP 440
2 4 (7.55%) NIST
3 3 (5.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (5.66%) ISO/IEC 42001
4 2 (3.77%) Data Quality
4 2 (3.77%) GDPR
4 2 (3.77%) NCSC
4 2 (3.77%) PCI DSS
5 1 (1.89%) ISO/IEC 27005
System Software
1 2 (3.77%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (3.77%) VMware NSX
2 1 (1.89%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (3.77%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.89%) OpenView
2 1 (1.89%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 4 (7.55%) Cisco
2 3 (5.66%) CheckPoint
3 2 (3.77%) VMware
4 1 (1.89%) Adobe
4 1 (1.89%) ArcSight
4 1 (1.89%) Dell
4 1 (1.89%) EMC
4 1 (1.89%) ESRI
4 1 (1.89%) ExtraHop
4 1 (1.89%) HP
4 1 (1.89%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.89%) Palo Alto
4 1 (1.89%) Riverbed
4 1 (1.89%) SAP
4 1 (1.89%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.89%) Siebel
4 1 (1.89%) Xamarin